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Point Potrero is a point in San Pablo Bay forming a cape and hugging the Potrero Hills in Richmond, California. [1] The cape is covered with chaparral and lies between San Pablo Bay to the west and north, and Castro Cove to the east. The Chevron Richmond Refinery and Potrero Ridge lay just east of the point.
The peninsula runs between Castro Cove and Point San Pablo, and is dominated by the steep ridges of the Potrero Hills, an escarpment that runs along the entire peninsula. [1] The peninsula is largely owned by Chevron and is used as a safety buffer for security purposes (see Chevron Richmond Refinery).
A weather station sits atop a peak overlooking Point San Pablo. Point Potrero Pond is a small lake near the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge toll plaza near the south of the hills. The hills are dotted with tank farms and polluted sites from the former Point Molate Naval Fuel Depot . [ 3 ]
Point San Pablo Harbor is a marina and small community at the far end of Point San Pablo in San Pablo Bay, within Richmond, in Contra Costa County, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located at 1900 Stenmark Drive, Richmond CA 94801.
San Pablo Creek's delta, located within the city limits of Richmond, is known as San Pablo Creek Marsh, and its 300 acres (1.2 km 2) are filled with an abundance of wildlife, including endangered species such as the California clapper rail, the salt marsh harvest mouse, the threatened black rail, the salt marsh wandering shrew, and the San ...
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a 13,190-acre (53.4 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge in California established in 1970. It extends along the northern shore of San Pablo Bay , from the mouth of the Petaluma River , to Tolay Creek , Sonoma Creek , and ending at Mare Island .
San Pablo Bay, shown with San Francisco Bay San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Strait Panorama of San Pablo Bay from Wildcat Mountain near Sears Point in Sonoma County. San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of the San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a regional park on the shores of the San Pablo Bay, California (the northern arm of the San Francisco Bay), in the United States. It is approximately 2,315 acres (9.37 km 2 ) in area, and is operated by the East Bay Regional Park District .